Originally Posted by
homebuilt
I know that !! But if I were an ATC controller watching a supposedly routine flight flaring gear up afew feet above the runway, I couldn't help yelling on the radio in order to warn the crew of the situation. "XXXX Go around !!" could be the first sentence coming into my mind. It would be a reflex and meanwhile I wouldn't think about the rules and the lawyers. Time for that later.
Do we know that the gear were up during the approach? Or did they transit up owing to a botched GA process?
Report will (should) tell but it seems to me that TWR's inaction is unlikely to play a significant part in probable cause